Independent military reporting for those who’ve served — and won’t stay silent.
The U.S. Air Force might not have publicly announced an official influencer program for active-duty Airmen just yet, but one southern sorority girl is certainly flying straight into that role—algorithm first. Meet Timber Williams, a 23-year-old Phi Mu sister, recent University of Tennessee grad, and private pilot who’s serving in the Air National Guard while…
The Army has identified the pilot killed in Wednesday’s helicopter crash as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright, a decorated Apache pilot assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). Wright, 40, was one of two soldiers aboard an AH-64 Apache helicopter when it went down during a routine training…
Another Fort Bliss soldier has been arrested in connection with the February shooting death of 23-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. Edward DaQuan Smith during a late-night house party in Far East El Paso. The arrest comes months after authorities first charged a fellow service member with murder in the same case. Spc. Howard Chevard Dyron Brock,…
When Major Sydney Jaques joined the Army, she carried more than a rucksack and a rifle. She carried a legacy—daughter of a Vietnam-era Navy officer, granddaughter of a World War II Marine. But as the first female officer in the 75th Ranger Regiment to earn both a Ranger Tab and a scroll, she also carried…
In a dramatic escalation of federal response to days of violent protests over mass deportation raids, the Trump administration has deployed hundreds of active-duty U.S. Marines to Los Angeles to safeguard federal property and personnel. Roughly 500 Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines out of Twentynine Palms, California, were mobilized late Monday following an…
Sgt. Aaron Blate Cox, a 24-year-old Infantryman from Mabank, Texas, was killed in a vehicle rollover accident on June 5, 2025, during a training operation near Camp Croft, Hungary. The accident occurred as his unit was preparing for Exercise Saber Guardian 25, a large-scale multinational exercise involving NATO allies. Cox was assigned to the “Strike”…
As the manhunt intensifies in Washington’s Cascade Mountains, former Army infantryman Travis Decker—now the subject of a nationwide fugitive search following the brutal killings of his three young daughters—is drawing outrage and disbelief from those who once served alongside him. Decker, 32, is accused of murdering Paityn (9), Evelyn (8), and Olivia (5) Decker during…
Fox News personality Rachel Campos-Duffy says she picked up the phone to call her “old buddy” at the Pentagon after her daughter, attending a prestigious West Point summer program, complained about the quality of food served at the U.S. Military Academy. “Dropped our daughter off at West Point Summer Leadership Academy last weekend. Only 2…
A Schofield Barracks cavalry scout has been sentenced to the maximum 23 years in prison after admitting to the gruesome killing and dismemberment of his pregnant wife last summer. Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II, 28, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice, and providing false official statements during a court-martial at Wheeler Army Airfield…
In what can only be described as a gut-wrenching tragedy, law enforcement continues a statewide manhunt for Travis Caleb Decker, a 32-year-old Army National Guardsman accused of kidnapping and murdering his three young daughters during a scheduled custody visit last weekend. The bodies of Paityn (9), Evelyn (8), and Olivia Decker (5) were discovered Monday…